If you want to reform, you must have money, Li Ke thought.

Salt is the lifeblood of the common people, and mastering salt is equivalent to mastering wealth.

For the sake of money and the common people can eat good salt, Li Ke decided to develop the purification of salt first.

In this way, he has a rich source of finance.

Only by grasping the economic sources and grasping the wealth can we quickly implement reforms.

The next day, before dawn, Yizhou Assassin Shi Cui Zhitong and Yizhou Cavalry Captain Zheng Muchang came to the palace of the King of Shu, waiting for Li Ke's summons.

Li Ke opened his eyes sleepily, very unhappy, he was still growing and his body was developing!

Li Keqiang cheered himself up, came to the hall, saw Cui Zhitong and Zheng Muchang waiting there, and said, "The two adults are here so early!" This king is still going to visit the two at dawn, but I didn't expect the two to be more positive than this king! ”

Cui Zhitong stepped forward and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu, all the affairs of Yizhou are still waiting for you to get acquainted with, the purpose of the lower officials coming here today is to hope that His Royal Highness the King of Shu can be familiar with the affairs of Yizhou as soon as possible, and the lower officials will answer for you on the side." ”

Zheng Muchang also stepped forward and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu, the last general has brought the list of all the in-service soldiers and sergeants in Yizhou, as well as the account book of my Yizhou military salary, money and food, which has also been prepared, but please take a look!" ”

Li Ke looked at the two empty-handed two and said: "This king was going to rest for a few days, and then pay attention to all the affairs of my Yizhou, and go to visit the two of them, but I didn't think that the two adults had already made a special trip to come, and this king was also very gracious!" Let's take a look at the information that the two of them prepared for the king. ”

Cui Zhihuan and Zheng Muchang bowed their heads and said: "Your Highness, the things prepared by the lower officials (last generals) are outside the palace, please come with the lower officials (last generals)." ”

After speaking, the two of them made a posture of leading the way and walked outside the mansion with Li Ke.

Li Ke, who came to the outside of the mansion, saw four carriages, two of which were led by subordinates, and two of which were led by people dressed as sergeants.

Cui Zhihuan and Zheng Muchang each walked to a carriage, lifted the curtain on the carriage and said, "Your Highness, this is all the information prepared by the lower official (the last general)." ”

Li Ke looked at it, full of two car ledgers.

"Nima"

Li Ke looked at the two of them complicatedly.

As soon as the king came, these two people prepared for themselves to get off the horse.

When you are a child, you don't know how to do things! When did you read the information of these two cars, the daylily was cold at that time, not to mention the reform I wanted to do.

So he pretended to say: "This king first came to Yizhou, and he was tired all the way, and he had to adjust for some time. This king sees that the two adults are also industrious people, and these affairs should be handled by the two adults for the time being, as usual. ”

Cui Zhitong and Zheng Muchang looked at each other, and they both showed happy looks.

The King of Shu is still young! Seeing that there are so many of these affairs, it must be a big head, and I don't want to deal with it, it seems that the goal has been achieved.

As long as you serve this master like your ancestors, this master will definitely ignore Yizhou things, and it will be as usual.

When this master leaves in a few years, this Yizhou will still be decided by the two of us!

The two of them still pretended to say: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu, since His Royal Highness has come to Yizhou, the lower officials (last generals) have to rely on His Highness to decide, and all affairs in Yizhou still need His Highness to nod and signal." ”

Li Keyang pretended to be angry and said: "This king has said that he is tired, everything is up to you, you will still deal with it yourself as usual, just don't bother this king." ”

The two of them hurriedly replied resignedly, and looked at Li Ke flatteringly on the side.

Li Ke said: "Okay, Master Cui will go back first, after all, political affairs are important, Zheng Duwei will stay for the time being, and this king still has something to discuss." ”

Cui Zhitong retired happily. Zheng Muchang, who was left with a worried face, looked at Li Ke there, and stopped talking.

Li Ke took Zheng Muchang back to the mansion and said: "The king doesn't care about the affairs of the army, it all depends on Zheng Duwei's extra care." ”

Hearing this, Zheng Muchang, who was ecstatic in his heart, said with a serious face: "The last general must only look forward to His Royal Highness the King of Shu, and do his best to assist His Highness and do everything for His Highness." ”

Li Ke looked at Zheng Muchang, who could calm down, and said: "Although this king only asks about military affairs, when this king comes, my father and the emperor have prepared a few people for this king to help this king take care of military affairs, and this king has summoned you to let you know them." ”

After speaking, he asked his personal guard Liu Dali to summon Hou Peiyu and face off with the two personal guards.

The three of them were disloyal to themselves and sent them to the barracks, far away from them, so that they could fight for power and profit, and they had no time to take care of themselves, Li Ke thought.

When the three of them came to the hall, they pointed to Zheng Muchang on the side and said to the three of them: "This is, Zheng Muchang Zheng, the cavalry captain in charge of my Yizhou military affairs, Lord Zheng." ”

Hou Peiyu glanced at Zheng Muchang and nodded slightly to Zheng Muchang, which was regarded as a greeting and acquaintance.

Although the two are of the same level, Hou Peiyu is considered to be Li Er's pro-seal, and he thinks that he is slightly higher than Zheng Muchang.

The two of them arched their hands to Zheng Muchang, said hello and said, "I've seen Zheng Duwei." ”

Li Ke looked at the performance of the three people,

He said earnestly: "When this king first came to Yizhou, all affairs were entrusted to the three to supervise and handle, and the three must not live up to the trust of my father and this king." ”

said to Hou Peiyu: "You are the Governor of Yizhou Zhichong Mansion appointed by your father, and you will assist this king in handling Yizhou affairs. Under this king, you have the highest official rank, and the Yizhou military will depend on you to take care of it, and when you first come to familiarize yourself with affairs, you have to ask Lord Zheng for more advice. ”

Hearing Li Ke say this, Zheng Muchang instantly had a good impression of Li Ke, it seems that His Royal Highness the King of Shu is very friendly to him.

Hou Peiyu looked at Li Ke, who let him take over military affairs, and couldn't help but be shocked, His Royal Highness the King of Shu was really defenseless against himself and gave himself such a big right.

Hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Contributing to His Highness is a matter within the scope of the last general, please rest assured Your Highness." ”

Li Ke looked at Hou Peiyu and said: "This king is quite relieved about Hou Duwei, but Hou Duwei has just arrived, and there are many trivial matters in the army, and this king is afraid that Hou Duwei will not be busy alone, so this king will temporarily borrow Hou Duwei to call his own personal guard army." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the two of them and said solemnly: "You two must assist Hou Duwei." As the king's army, you must be humble to others, and you must not be arrogant and rude, and insult the reputation of the king. If you two are arrogant and unreasonable, ruin the reputation of this king, and spread it to your father, this king will only ask you two. ”

The two looked at Li Ke, who was stern, and said: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the last general will not dare to rely on His Highness's identity and act mischief." Do your best to assist Hou Duwei. ”

Li Ke looked at the three of them with satisfaction, his goal had been achieved.

said to Zheng Muchang: "You go to wait outside the mansion first, this king and Hou Duwei still have something to explain." ”

Wait for the three of them to exit the house

Li Ke said: "The marching pace and etiquette of the pro-guard army, Hou Duwei also knows, we must urge all the soldiers to practice more, when this king goes to the military camp to watch, must make sure that every soldier can complete these actions completely." ”

Hou Peiyu looked at Li Ke puzzled and asked, "His Royal Highness the King of Shu, what is the meaning of this move?" ”

Li Ke looked at the questioning Hou Peiyu and replied dissatisfiedly: "There is no deep meaning, it's just that this king likes it." ”

Hou Peiyu looked at Li Ke in front of her, slightly dissatisfied in her heart, but she didn't refute it again.

Immediately, Li Ke suddenly remembered and said: "Hou Duwei, in the next few days, I will find some eloquent people in the army or in the official office, and go to the barracks every day to praise my father's great achievements." With that, he let Hou Peiyu retreat.

Hou Peiyu was obedient now, and agreed without a rhetorical question.

Seeing the three of them being sent away by himself, Li Ke's heart temporarily relaxed.

None of these three people could believe it, although they were respectful, but their hearts already belonged, and they let them go to the army to gnaw this difficult bone first.

Li Ke, who came back to his senses after thinking, got up and walked to the kitchen, took out those yellowish pieces of salt, and couldn't help but think of the snow-white salt like sugar in the later life.

"Ding, exchange for coarse salt purification."

Li Ke spent 100,000 doglegs.

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, although she has technology, but she has no equipment.

Combined with the knowledge in his mind, Li Ke thought of the practice of sea salt in later generations, filtering and purifying.

Li Ke, who thought of it, found Zhang Sancai and Liu Dali, and ordered the two of them to go to the city and buy a large amount of salt back.

I threw myself into the study, what is a good way to filter, gauze, the holes are too thick, not only the salt can go through, but other impurities can also go through.

I suddenly thought of the water dispenser, and my head flashed, and the river sand filtered! Thinking of this, Li Ke couldn't help but applaud his ingenuity.

Finding a bucket, Li Ke removed the bottom, tied two layers of gauze under the bucket, and asked the maids in the house to find a little sand, and a simple filter was made.

I got a wooden pestle, took out all the salt from the kitchen, and began to beat and mash it.

I found a large urn, filled half of the urn with water, began to pour the mashed salt into the urn, found a clean wooden stick, and stirred it.

Until the water has completely dissolved the salt grains, pour the water into a bucket and filter it into another clean urn.

It was only at this time that Li Ke realized that his filter was doing less, and the filter was so slow.

The filtration had just begun, and Zhang Sancai and Liu Dali each came back with a bag of salt.

Looking at His Royal Highness in puzzlement, could it be that in the future, this Shu Palace, will have to live by eating salt, or his Royal Highness, preparing a large amount of pickled food.

Looking at the two people who came back, Li Ke put down the equipment in his hand and began to direct the two of them to do it.

These things are very important, and Li Ke doesn't believe these mansion girls in the house.

In the evening, two pots of white, snowflake-like salt grains were made.

Li Ke dipped it a little, put it in his mouth and tasted it, quite satisfied, and the edible salt of later generations was not much different.

looked at Li Ke and put the salt in his mouth to taste, and the two of them also learned from Li Ke and put the salt in their mouths.

Zhang Sancai was a little better, and he learned from Li Ke to put a little bit in his mouth.

Liu Dali, holding a handful, stuffed it into his mouth.

Instantly, I felt a salty taste rush to my brain, and my mouth couldn't help but open wide and squirt out the contents of my mouth.

Hurriedly ran to the urn on the side, filled a large bowl of water, and poured it into his mouth.

Zhang Sancai tasted this snow-white salt, and was shocked in his heart, he had never eaten such salty salt in his life.

There is only saltiness, not the slightest bitterness, and even now, the salt that His Majesty eats is not as good as what he is looking for.

So he said in amazement: "Your Highness, how can this salt be so salty!" This is my Zhang Sancai, the best salt I have eaten in my life. ”

Li Ke said proudly: "The salt you bought in the afternoon, after being purified by His Royal Highness, it has become what is in front of you, do you think this king's salt is worth a little." ”

Zhang Sancai looked at Li Ke and said seriously: "Your Highness, just now the two of us went to the street, and the salt we bought is worth ten yuan per catty, Your Highness, this salt is so salty, there is no trace of bitterness, it can be sold for at least thirty yuan per catty, and if it is transported to the capital for sale, I think it will be at least fifty yuan." ”

Li Ke calculated carefully in his heart, coarse salt turned into fine salt, and after wasting it, it was purified, and one pound of coarse salt could produce seven taels of fine salt.

If you build a salt factory by yourself, you can earn about twenty-five dollars for a pound.

Just take the strainer yourself, take a little bigger, a little more made of wooden boards, and turn all the coarse salt into fine salt.

This is an artifact of accumulating money, and the funds to be used in the reform will not worry about it at all.